The Crap Old Days: Why All That Old Stuff Was Actually Rubbish

Do you have fond memories of The Bangles, Rubik’s Cube, and Magnum, P.I.? Well, forget what you’ve seen on TV and don’t believe the hype. Why? Because they were crap, and this book tells you why. The Crap Old Days de-bunks the myth of how great everything used to be—apparently. Crap covered includes Action Man, The Benny Hill Show, Brut, Cabbage Patch Kids, candy necklaces, CB radio, Deeley Boppers, Dirty Dancing, Doctor Who, Dungeons & Dragons, Duran Duran, Etch-a-Sketch, Fantasy Island, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, He-Man, Highlander, The Incredible Hulk, Kim Wilde, Knight Rider, Magic 8 Ball, Nena, platform shoes, perms, Pong, punk, Sea Monkeys, The Six Million Dollar Man, Slinky, Smurfs, Space Invaders, sweat bands, TaB, Trivial Pursuit, Village People, Weebles, Wham!, and Yahtzee.